Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Trout trials

After a botched attempt with all three of us in the canoe that almost had us swimming fully clothed alongside the children, Warren and I paddled off leaving Dan to try his luck with his fly rod from shore.

Popular with day trippers and long weekend campers, Heart Lake was crowded by northern lake standards as children searched for shoreline frogs, fished from sinking docks and floated on tubes while the adults wisely stayed out of the chilly lake in favour of the lakeside picnic tables.

Skunked there even after seeing a wee fry, we lunched, packed up and moved on to Azouetta. A private lodge dominates the lake and restricts access. We managed to find a Civic sized launch.

Learning our lesson that the Clipper has a weight/occupant restriction at Heart Lake, Dan and I had first go.

Flanked by stunning mountains and sandwiched between the highway and railline, it was gorgeous but hardly peaceful as transports and cargo laden railcars plodded past.

Tempting us with their acrobatics, the trout continued to elude us as we eventually accepted defeat and vowed to return another day.

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A restless and occasionally reckless wanderer, Sheri divides her time between the boreal forest of Canada in the summer and Sun Place Else for the winters. She considers her valid passport her greatest asset as she is either in the middle of an adventure or planning the next.